InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ The Huge Book of Fairy Tales...Sort of ❯ Donkey Skin...Sort of: Part 3 ( Chapter 6 )

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AN: Hello my lovely readers. Sorry for the long wait, I wanted to write the chapter to my other story first before I started this one. Since I have this story on both mediaminer and fanfiction.net I’m just going to be putting both sites responses on the same page. It’s so annoying to type one sites responses, save it, post it, then go back, delete it and rewrite the responses for the other site. Yes, it’s very lazy of me, oh well.

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I leaned against the shrines walls, greedily eating some of the bread a kind monk had thrown at me. Me and the donkey skin were so dirty people were afraid to let me indoors, fearing I had a diseases or would melt if I touched water. (Don’t ask me who even came up with that one, I heard it when I was passing through a village)
My hunger somewhat eased, I didn’t eat as fast and actually chewed. Taking the rest of the bread, I stood up and started to get back on the road, wanting to get at least a couple more miles before noon came. I was at least half way to the West and wanted to get there in a week or two.
The cape fluttered gently in the wind and I walked faster when some villagers stopped their work and stared at me. I found some scissors and a lot of thread a couple bandits had left behind a few days ago and turned the skin into a cape, sewing the ears and head together to make a hood and I cut in armholes, and turned some fabric left behind also by the bandits into sleeves. I kept the tail on, ( I thought it was kind of cute) and kept my hood up at all times.
So I guess you could say I looked pretty creepy.
I had traveled about a week or so since Sango left me and had been doing pretty well on my own. Most bandits were scared to go near me so that kept them away, and any demons who wanted me for lunch said hello to my purification blasts. (Oh yeah, I’m a miko, just not a very well trained one)
I ate berries I found in the wood, and begged for food when I was near a village or shrine.
It wasn’t easy, sleeping on the hard cold ground, being dirty, and eating less then one full meal a day.
But at least I wasn’t Hojo’s wife.
I sent up a silent prayer for the poor woman who would become Hojo’s wife as I knelt down and started to drink some water from a river I had come up across. I shuddered when I saw myself in the water but made no move to wash the skin.
People wouldn’t be scared of a weirdo in clean donkey skin, now would they?
And I would have a lot more problems if people weren’t afraid to come near me.
I leaned against a rock that had been standing nearby and started to eat the rest of my bread. I swallowed what had been in my mouth and got up and stretched. I still had some bread with me but I was saving that for later.
I stiffened and narrowed my eyes when I heard rustling coming from the bushes.
I drew the cape closer around me and my closed fists started to glow with my miko power. (Kami that sounds stupid, I really need a better name for when that happened.)
I almost sat down in relief when a little boy came out of the bushes, holding his arm and crying softly. I let my fists stop glowing and started to walk towards him slowly. He was a demon, one of those trickster types. He had bright red hair, a fluffy orange tail and eyes as green as the grass he was sitting on. He was clutching his arm, blood slowly pouring down his arm and he was crying. I hesitated, trying to decide what to do. I love kids, and seeing one in pain made me want to help him but he was a demon, this could be a trick.
I mentally sighed and started to walk towards him again.
Sango is going to kill me if I die at the hands of a little kid.
“Hey”
I said softly, not wanting to startle him.
His head jerked up and he started to back away in fear. I glanced around and pulled my hood down, hoping it would calm him some.
“Shh don’t worry I’m not going to hurt you.” I held my hands out to him and knelt. He stopped but didn’t move any closer to me.
I bit my lip, trying to decide what to say from here.
“What happened to you, sweetie?”
He swallowed and his eyes filled up with more tears.
“Me and my brother were attacked by two demons, he told me to get away so I did, but one of the demons hit me before he could stop them.”
“Oh you poor thing!” I said not being able to stand it anymore and tugged him into my arms.
“Don’t worry baby, I’ll help you until we find your brother ok?” I said, smoothing his hair back. He nodded and smiled.
“My names Shippo.”
I smiled back, ripping one of my sleeves off and dipping it in the river.
“Ok Shippo, this might sting a bit but I need you to be brave and give me your arm so I can clean it, ok?”
He nodded and held his arms out. I gently wiped the blood away before cleaning the dirt out of his wound. His eyes teared up again but he didn’t make a sound. When I was done, I ripped my other sleeve off and wrapped it around his arm and pulled him into my lap again.
“You hungry Shippo?”
He nodded eagerly and I handed him the last of the bread. While he ate, I pulled my hood up again and put him up on my shoulder.
“Why do you wear that thing? You’re so pretty without the dead donkey head over your face.” he said, his mouth full of bread.
I grinned at him through he probably couldn’t see it, and stood up carefully.
“Thanks Shippo, do you know where to find your brother?”
He finished the last piece of his bread and chewed thoughtfully.
“Nope, he said to run and he would find me after he killed the demons.”
I sighed. “So all I have to do is walk around and he’ll find us?”
“Something like that.”
I started to walk from the way Shippo came and carried him in my arms when his tiny claws dug into my shoulder.
“How do you think he’s going to find you?”
He puffed up his chest proudly. “He-s a dog demon, and dog demons can smell something from miles away.”
I blinked and looked down at him.
“But how is he your brother if you’re not a dog demon?
“I’m adopted. My parents died a few years ago and my brother saved me when I was on my own. I was living in the forest and I was starving to death because I was to small to find food by myself. He found me and took care of me after that.”
“Oh. My family died to when I was about three.”
“Really? What happened to you after that?”
“My dad’s best friend took me in. I loved his wife, she was one of the greatest women ever. But she died when I was five. It was just me and her husband after that.”
“What’s wrong with her husband? You sound like you don’t like him much.”
I sighed, my mouth tightening into a thin line.
“I did like him, but something happened to change my mind about that.”
Shippo was silent for a few moments, thinking.
“Does he have anything to do with you wearing that horrible donkey skin and by yourself?”
I laughed. “Yeah, he’s pretty much the reason.”
“Why? What happened?”
I sighed again. “Shippo, has much as I would love to tell you, he thinks I’m dead and I want to keep it that way. And I don’t want you to get into danger because you saw my face. Promise me you won’t tell anyone what I look like alright?”
“But you’re so pretty. I know, you could marry my brother and then you would be safe so you wouldn’t have to hide your face!”
I laughed. “Thanks Shippo, but I doubt I’ll ever marry. Now come on, promise me you won’t tell. Please Shippo? It would mean a lot to me.”
He sighed and his tail drooped a little.
“Fine I promise as long as you tell me your name.”
I hesitated, not sure what to say. I hadn’t decided on a false name yet.
“Just call me Donkey Skin. Donkey for short. It’s a nickname.”
He considered this for a few moments and brightened.
“Donkey, I like it.”
I laughed again. “So glad you approve. Shouldn’t that brother of yours be here by now?”
“Don’t worry, he should have defeated the demons by now, he’ll be after me soon.”
“ As if on cue, Shippo’s pointed ears perked up and he jumped out of my arms to greet the red blob behind us.
I nodded to Shippo’s back as he ran over to his brother.
”So long Shippo.” I said, though I doubt he heard me.
I cloaked my scent so the demons wouldn’t be able to pick up my trail and started to jog back towards the West.



Inuyasha and Shippo

“Shippo, where were you? Couldn’t you stay in one place? You know how long I’ve been looking for you?” Inuyasha scolded him as Shippo jumped on him and hugged him as hard as he could.
“I’m sorry Inuyasha. I’ll stay in one place next time. It’s just that I met this really nice lady who cleaned my wound and I liked walking with her and she was so nice to me.”
Inuyasha rolled his eyes and growled when Shippo’s blood finally reached his nose. He gently sniffed at the bandage covered Shippo’s arm.
It smelled like water lilies, vanilla and...
Dead donkey?
He growled again and swung Shippo up on his shoulder as he stalked over to where the scent was.
“Who was this woman you were with Shippo?”
“She calls herself Donkey Skin and wears this really ugly, dirty donkey skin over her entire body, which I can’t figure out why since she’s so pretty. She was really nice to me and she fed me to!”
“Ok, ok I get the point, you like the wench.” Inuyasha growled when the scent just stopped in the middle of the road.
“Damn it, she’s hiding from us. What else did she say?”
“Lot’s of stuff, she said her family was dead too like mine. Her real parents died when she was three and her father’s friend took her in. Then his wife died when she was five and it’s been just them since. But then something happened that made her not love her father anymore, so she left. She said he thinks she is dead, so I couldn’t tell anyone I had seen her, or describe what she looks like.”
“Anything useful? Like where she was going?”
“No, she didn’t say anything like that. Why do you want to find her anyway?”
“Because I wanted to thank her for taking care of you. Oh well, we should start getting home anyway. We’ve stayed away to long, the monks probably getting himself into trouble.”
And with that he turned and started to walk towards his kingdom in the West.



Kagome- Mid afternoon


This day was getting bad to worse.
Ok it was a good thing when I helped little Shippo find his brother but honestly, that kind of hurt since I hadn’t really talked to anyone and it was nice to have someone around. And he hadn’t even said goodbye. Ok, Im sure he would of if I had stayed, but I didn’t so that was probably my own fault.
But I couldn’t stay, Shippo’s brother was sure to do something to thank me and I couldn’t get attached to anyone. I had to go to the West, get a job and wait for Sango to come so we could both go to Europe and watch men tan naked on the beach.
So I left, and more things started to go wrong. When I got hungry all the bushes on the road were stripped bare of berries, and there where no villages in sight. So I had to go off the path and go through a bunch of thorn bushes that scrapped my arms bloody, and when I got there were more berry bushes, there just wasn’t any berries there either. So I had to go back through the thorn bushes and my arm got more bloody. Then I tripped over a rock when I hadn’t been paying attention and I got five scratches going from my forehead and across my face to my chin.
A couple which started to bleed. ( But no blood got in my eyes thank Kami.)
I finally made it out of the thorn bush and started walking again. Only I tripped again and the strap of my sandal loosened. I had to clutch the foot of it with my toes and limp to make sure it would stay on my foot.
And of course, me being stupid me, I wasn’t paying attention to the weather so I was stuck totally in the open when it started to rain. The donkey skin got wet, and it really started to stink, and it started to stick to my body, so now the stupid thing was clinging to me.
And the ugly bandit looking me up and down isn’t making anything better.
Now that the rain had washed all the dirt off the skin I only looked like a weirdo with a really hot body. (Or so one of the bandits friends had whispered to the other.)
I backed up a little more from the bandit when their leader started to grin at me and moved closer.
“Come on baby, you give us any money you have on you and be nice, we won’t all gang bang you.”
“Go to hell.”I snarled back, feeling my hands grow hot with my miko power. (Seriously, there has got to be a better name for it, I’ll think of one later.)
Normally my miko blasts ( hey that’s a ok name) only work on demons.
Here’s hoping they work on humans to.
With a yell I brought my glowing fist down hard on the bandits head and released my power.
All the bandits and started to run away and the man I had hit whimpered and braced himself, getting ready for the worse.
Which never came.
He smirked at me, his yellow teeth glinting dimly in the sunlight, and quickly punched my stomach, and kicked my knees, making me fall to the ground. He pushed me on me onto my back with his foot and straddled my waist.
He grinned down at me, his dirty hands squeezing my hips so hard they were going to be bruise later.
“I told you girlie, if you were a good girl I wouldn’t have to be this harsh.” His fingers left my hips and slowly started to walk up my stomach to my breasts.
“I guess I’ll just have to search ‘ya for any money you might have on you.” His friends came in closer, wanting to watch their boss rape me and hopefully get a turn. The bandit on top of me reached for my hood when the sound of someone’s cracking knuckles stopped him.
“You know, I hate men like you, so desperate you have to pick some girl passing by on the road to rape. What’s a matter? No one in the whore house would take ya?” a voice taunted. The bandits friends turned and the one on top of me got up, but put his foot on my chest to keep me down.
“Hey who say anything about rape? This girl is willing, she just likes it a little rough.” He pressed his foot harder on my chest to keep me quiet.
“Why don’t you just run along now, we’re not looking for trouble, just...a little relief, you know how it is.”
The man snorted. “Spare me, the day I stoop so low as to take a unwilling woman is the day I chew my own arm off. I’m a demon you morons, I can smell she doesn’t want this.”
The bandit pulled out his sword and pushed his foot harder into my chest.
“She’s ours, go away or die!”
He snorted again. “I will die one day, but it will be in my bed a old man sated by beautiful woman rather than getting killed by you weak mortals.”
The bandit turned red and pointed his sword at him. “Get him men!”
They yelled and went after the man like the leader had told them to, but he only laughed. I strained to get up and see what was happening but the leader only scowled at me and stepped harder on my chest. “Stay down, slut.”
His face turned pale as he looked up and a few curses and thumps were heard. I heard the mans foot steps as he walked over leaves and branches and the bandits grew whiter and whiter.
“Now hold on a minute friend, if you want her we can both share her, no you can have her” He added quickly. “I just want whatever money she’s carrying around. A guy’s gotta eat you know.” A mans bare feet came into view.
“Like I make deals with criminals.” he grabbed the mans arm and threw him off me and into a tree.
I greedily gulped in the air I had been denied when the bandit had been stepping on me and looked up, standing carefully.
And got attacked by a huge orange fluff ball.
“Donkey! Are you ok? Did those bad men hurt you? It’s a good thing me and Inuyasha came here to save you in time!”
“What do you mean ‘me and Inuyasha’?” I irritated voice asked. “I was the one who did all the saving! Stupid runt.”
“I’m not a stupid runt! Tell him I’m not a stupid runt Donkey!”
I looked up and felt my breath catch in my throat.
Oh Kami, one of your angels fell from heaven and landed here.
Shippo’s brother was walking toward us, and even with the scowl on his face he was the closest thing to a god I had ever seen. Long silver-white hair, melting gold eyes, and little dog ears that looked better on him than any dog I had ever seen. He looked sweet, gentle, like a guardian angel.
“Donkey? What, were your parents drunk when they named you?”
I narrowed my eyes. Ok, a really rude guardian angel.
“It’s a nick name!” I defended.
“Stupid nickname, what’s it mean? You’re as ugly as a donkey’s ass or you’re as stubborn as a mule?”
I felt my face start to grow red, but before I could say anything Shippo interrupted me.
“Stop it Inuyasha, you’ll hurt her feelings!”
I snorted. “Like dog boy can hurt my feelings.”
He growled at me. “What did you call me?”
I glared back. “You heard me.”
“Guys, guys! Calm down!” Shippo said, jumping out of my arms. “Inuyasha, don’t you remember what you came here for?”
He raised a brow. “To beat up people?”
“No! To thank Donkey for saving me!”
“And I did by saving her from getting raped. Hooray for me, lets get out of here.”
“Hey!” I shouted when he turned away. “Don’t make it sound like you were forced to help me! I didn’t ask you did I?”
“Oh and you would rather let me stand by and get raped?”
“That’s not what I meant you jerk!”
“Then what?”
“Forget it, thanks for saving me.”
He grunted and turned to go when a worm demon burst out of the ground. It was kind of greenish, no eyes, weird mouth.
Before Inuyasha could even uncross his arms, my hands were glowing and I shoot a couple of blasts at the worm...thing.
It shouted out an anguished cry and turned into dust.
I smirked a little when Inuyasha’s mouth fell open and gave him a two fingered wave.
“Bye Shippo, have a nice life Inuyasha.”
Before I could even fully turn away Shippo jumped so hard on me I fell face first to the ground.
“That was so cool! Why didn’t you tell me you were a miko? When did you learn that? Was it hard? Are you tired now? Did it hurt your hand when those glowy thingies shot out of your hand? Is it hard being a miko? Were you always one or did you get it later? Can you do anything else? Why does it glow like that? Can you use it like a light? Do you-A
“SHUT UP!”
“What? Sesshomaru is always telling me it’s heathy and good for your mind to ask questions and be curious.”
“He only told you that because it annoys me.” He growled out and lifted Shippo off me.
“Don’t lie Inuyasha!”
“Who said anything about lying runt?”
I got up while they continued to argue and slowly walked away, starting to hide my scent and get away before they noticed I was gone.
“DONKEY!”
Shippo’s little voice rang out and he frantically grabbed the back of my coat and dug his feet into the ground.
“Don’t leave me again Donkey! I was so sad when you left us the first time. Why do you want to leave me anyway? Don’t you like me?” Shippo’s voice got quiet and filled with tears. I sighed and knelt down to his level.
“Don’t worry, I like you. It’s just that it would be dangerous to travel with me. Remember what I talked to you about before? I couldn’t stand it if you got hurt, sweetie.”
“So? Inuyasha will protect me. And if he fails, Sesshomaru or his parents will take care of me. And besides, you saved us, we have to repay our debt to you.”
“Wait a minute, I could have saved us!” Inuyasha yelled and Shippo went on like he hadn’t spoken.
“Can’t you at least travel with us so we could protect you from robbers? And help you get to wherever you’re going to safely?”
I bit my lip, wanting to say no and go. It’s a small chance, but what if it’s discovered I’m still alive? Hojo would move heaven and earth to get me back, marry me, get a heir and then kill me. I couldn’t put Shippo and Inuyasha in that kind of danger.
But how could I say no to those pleading green eyes?
“Fine. I’ll travel with you.” I said standing up.
“Yay! Donkey’s going with us!”
“Hey isn’t anyone going to ask me if she can come with us?” Inuyasha snarled.
Shippo jumped over to him and tried to hug him with his tiny arms.
“Please Inuyasha? Even if you could have saved us from that worm demon, she still killed it and we have to repay her somehow. Please, please, please?”
Inuyasha sighed and looked at me.
“Where you heading?”
Shippo cheered and hopped on Inuyasha’s shoulder.
“I’m heading to the West, I need to get a job until I meet up with a friend.”
He blinked. “Please tell me you’re kidding.”
“No, why?”
Shippo beamed. “Because that’s where we live! Do you have a job there? Inuyasha help her get a job!”
“You really don’t have to”
“Forget it, no skin off my back.”
I smiled. “Thanks.”
He grunted and turned away.
“Come on, if we want to set camp in a better area we better get moving.”




AN: Yay, part 3 is done. And just to let you know I was going to put half of the traveling in this part but my friend told me to wait till next chapter so you can all blame her. Anyway, if anyone has any good idea’s or suggestions on what should go on between Inuyasha and Kagome (or any schemes Shippo might put together to get them married.) I would love to hear it. I have a few ideas but I want more. (Yes, I’m a very greedy person)